MEE JOURNAL SERIES for adult addiction services TOP-SELLING ADULT ADDICTION SERIES Serving a wide range of client needs with actionoriented steps for change Working Your Program Steps to Spirituality Substance Using Behaviors Looking Within Into Action First Step Feelings Steps Four and Five Steps Two and Three Denial Recovery Maintenance The Power of Self-talk Relapse Prevention A 12-Step Guide to Life Management Successful Living With a Co-occurring Disorder Coping Skills First Step Self-worth Anger
ABOUT INTERACTIVE JOURNALING Over 25 million people have used Interactive Journals to make positive changes in their lives. The Change Companies collaborates with hundreds of professionals and providers to create program content, implementation methods, training options and outcome measurements. Interactive Journaling curricula are used in many behavior change fields, including justice services, substance use treatment, impaired driving, healthcare, mental health, prevention and intervention. Interactive Journaling is a structured and experiential writing process that motivates and guides participants toward positive life change. This evidencebased practice brings consistency to service delivery while keeping program participants engaged and focused on their personal change goals. changecompanies.net/products
ABOUT THE MOTIVATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL SERIES (MEE) The lets you choose from more than 20 Journals relating to substance use and positive behavior change. More than 2,500 adult treatment programs across the country have selected the MEE for their clients. The MEE Journal System provides organizations optimal structure while adhering to a client-centered approach to service delivery. During a period of tight budgets, the MEE provides a cost-effective means to serve a wide range of client needs. The Change Companies widespread experience with Interactive Journaling firmly puts the power back in the hands of the clients who discover they no longer have to feel stigmatized and victimized... The Change Companies promotes active client participation and collaboration with effective and cost-efficient, affordable client materials. -David Mee-Lee, MD. Chief Editor, ASAM PPC-2R Toll-free: 888-889-8866
MOTIVATIONAL, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENTIAL SERIES Getting Started Item #: A1 32 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA1 $15.00 Available in Spanish Getting Started explores the reasons participants are entering a program for alcohol or drug problems. By encouraging individuals to focus on their past, it helps to build a personal foundation for making positive and lasting life change. Substance Using Behaviors Item #: A2 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA2 $15.00 Substance Using Behaviors This Journal defines substance using behaviors and provides a clear understanding of the effect alcohol and other drugs have on the participant s body, mind and life. Available in Spanish Denial Denial Item #: A3 16 pages $1.80 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA3 $15.00 Why is denial so hard to recognize? This Journal describes denial and its importance in the process of addiction. Participants discover how their defenses may have allowed them to deny their addiction. changecompanies.net/products
First Step First Step Item #: A4 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA4 $15.00 The pathway to clean and sober living begins with taking the First Step. This Journal is a thorough First Step that may help participants move from self-will to acceptance. Steps to Spirituality Item #: A5 16 pages $1.80 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA5 $15.00 Steps Two and Three Steps to Spirituality This Journal introduces participants to the importance of a Higher Power in their recovery. As a 12-Step-based Journal, it explores Steps Two and Three. The Journal helps participants develop a spiritual base for their recovery. Looking Within Steps Four and Five Looking Within Item #: A6 16 pages $1.80 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA6 $15.00 Looking Within provides participants with the tools needed to complete Steps Four and Five of a 12-Step program. They make a searching and fearless moral inventory of their positive and negative traits. Into Action Into Action Item #: A7 16 pages $1.80 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA7 $15.00 A 12-Step-based Journal, Into Action provides an excellent introduction to the sixth through twelfth steps, areas that are often overlooked. Toll-free: 888-889-8866
Working Your Program Working Your Program Item #: A8 16 pages $1.80 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA8 $15.00 Working Your Program gives participants an opportunity to review the strengths of Twelve-Step Programs and understand how such a program can build a solid foundation for their recovery. Feelings Item #: A9 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA9 $15.00 Feelings takes a look at the role feelings play in problem behaviors such as alcohol and other drug use. Participants will explore the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviors and consider proven strategies to help them handle difficult feelings. Feelings Available in Spanish Anger Anger Item #: A10 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA10 $15.00 Anger explores the participants reactions to adversity in their daily lives. The Journal helps participants learn to effectively manage anger through the development of practical skills. Self-worth Self-worth Item #: A11 16 pages $1.80 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA11 $15.00 Self-worth will help participants recognize the importance of building a healthy foundation from which to appreciate themselves. changecompanies.net/products
Family & Other Relationships Item #: A12 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA12 $15.00 Available in Spanish This Journal explores key aspects of relationships with a focus on families. Participants consider the difference between unhealthy & healthy relationships and the importance of effective communication in relationships. Life Management Life Management Item #: A13 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA13 $15.00 Life Management offers practical tips to help participants get their lives back in order, addressing sleep, nutrition, finances, time management, leisure time and stress management. Relapse Prevention A 12-Step Guide to A 12-Step Guide to Relapse Prevention Item #: A15 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA15 $15.00 This Journal gives participants the tools needed to be able to identify the pattern of relapse and to interrupt that pattern before resuming substance use behavior. Coping Skills Item #: A17 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA17 $15.00 Coping Skills encourages participants to evaluate their skills in eight categories and monitor their progress in each. Topics include stress management, decision making and healthy communication. Toll-free: 888-889-8866 Coping Skills Available in Spanish
Successful Living with a Co-occuring Disorder Successful Living With a Co-occurring Disorder Item #: A18 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA18 $15.00 This Journal is designed specifically for individuals who have a co-occurring disorder. It helps participants understand the facts and challenges regarding their addiction and mental health disorder. The Power of Self-talk The Power of Self Talk Item #: A19 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA19 $15.00 The Power of Self-Talk provides an opportunity for participants to understand how self-talk affects feelings and behavior. With practice, participants will learn how to turn self-talk into a valuable tool for responsible living. Recovery Maintenance Recovery Maintenance Item #: A20 24 pages $2.70 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA20 $15.00 Recovery Maintenance gives participants the tools needed to be able to identify the pattern of problem behaviors and to interrupt that pattern in order to remain on the path of positive change. Employment Skills Item #: ES 32 pages $3.60 Corresponding Facilitator Guide Item #: FA19 $15.00 This Journal helps participants understand the process of planning for a career. By exploring their willingness to learn, understanding their areas of interest and evaluating their skill sets, participants will prepare for the application and interviewing process. changecompanies.net/products
FACILITATOR GUIDES The MEE Facilitator Guides were developed as a resource for people providing guidance to adults using Interactive Journals. The Facilitator Guides are constructed with miniature versions of the Journal pages. Instructions, recommendations and facilitation strategies are wrapped around the borders of each page. The suggested activities found throughout the Guides correlate with the content of each MEE Journal and have been designed to help meet the objectives of the Journals. Corresponding Facilitator Guides $15.00 each WHY CHOOSE THE MEE SYSTEM? Providers have a ready-made template for turning treatment planning into action-oriented steps for change Administrators and program directors can have confidence in the fidelity of service delivery across providers, programs and locations The MEE system addresses participants needs that are compatible with nationally-recognized criteria and problem dimensions including the DSM IV-TR and the ASAM PPC-2R Journals and Facilitator Guides offer a template for service delivery while encouraging and tapping into the providers experience, expertise and strengths Toll-free: 888-889-8866
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Family Recovery Item #: FR 40 pages $3.95 Family Recovery explains the basics of addiction and the impact the disease has on all members of the family. In a simple, organized and graphic manner, Family Recovery helps the family member make healthy choices. Quiet Moments Item #: A26 24 pages $2.70 This Journal is a simple, original and beautiful approach to meditation. This Journal gently encourages participants to create their own words of recovery and serenity. Many programs provide a special time for participants to share their words of meditation with their peers. Taking Charge of My Finances Item #: TCF 16 pages $1.80 This Journal is designed to help provide information and helpful techniques for making responsible financial decisions. Individuals will evaluate their current financial circumstances, learn practical tips for managing their money and consider positive steps they can take that will work for them now and in the future to take control of their finances. A 12-Step Guide for Compulsive Gamblers Item #: A23 48 pages $4.75 A 12-Step Guide for Gamblers This Journal introduces the 12 Steps of Gamblers Anonymous, helping participants work through each step and develop a plan for positive change. Eat Smart Item #: ESF 24 pages $2.70 Good nutrition is all about the little choices you make each day. This Journal is full of facts, suggestions and strategies for making healthy food choices. Regardless of what kind of shape participants are in or how healthy their diets are, Eat Smart will help them make sound nutritional choices. changecompanies.net/products
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES continued I Don t Smoke! Item #: IDS 32 pages $3.95 The I Don t Smoke! Interactive Journal guides participants through the benefits of considering change and moves them toward acting on their desire to quit. The Journal includes strategies for getting through the first difficult weeks of smoking cessation as well as maintaining nicotine abstinence on a long-term basis. Marijuana Item #: AS1 8 pages $0.90 This Journal gives participants an opportunity to self-assess their experience with this drug. Facts about the impact of marijuana on the brain and body are presented, along with information about the social consequences of marijuana use. MARIJUANA Making wise choices: What you need to know about marijuana Methamphetamine Item #: AS2 8 pages $0.90 Making wise choices: What you need to know about methamphetamine This Journal helps participants learn how meth impacts the central nervous system along with other negative effects on the brain and body. Participants evaluate the role methamphetamine has played in their lives and consider changes they want to make regarding their use. Prescription Drugs Item #: AS3 8 pages $0.90 Prescription Drugs This Journal describes the risks of overuse of prescription drugs. Participants learn about the most commonly misused prescription drugs and their effects. Information is also presented about the interaction of prescription drugs with other substances. Making wise choices: What you need to know about prescription drugs Toll-free: 888-889-8866
MEE JOURNAL SERIES ORDER FORM ITEM PARTICIPANT JOURNALS QTY UNIT PRICE TOTAL A1 Getting Started x $2.70 = A2 Substance Using Behaviors x $2.70 = A3 Denial x $1.80 = A4 First Step x $2.70 = A5 Steps to Spirituality x $1.80 = A6 Looking Within x $1.80 = A7 Into Action x $1.80 = A8 Working Your Program x $1.80 = A9 Feelings x $2.70 = A10 Anger x $2.70 = A11 Self-worth x $1.80 = A12 Family & Other Relationships x $2.70 = A13 Life Management x $2.70 = A15 12-Step Guide to Relapse Prevention x $2.70 = A17 Coping Skills x $2.70 = A18 Successful Living... Co-occurring Dis. x $2.70 = A19 The Power of Self-talk x $2.70 = A20 Recovery Maintenance x $2.70 = ES Employment Skills x $3.60 = FR Family Recovery x $3.95 = A26 Quiet Moments x $2.70 = TCF Taking Charge of My Finances x $1.80 = A23 12-Step Guide... Compulsive Gamblers x $4.75 = ESJ Eat Smart x $2.70 = IDS I Don t Smoke! x $3.95 = AS1 Marijuana x $0.90 = AS2 Methamphetamine x $0.90 = AS3 Prescription Drugs x $0.90 = DATE NAME SITE NAME Minimum quantity for Participant Journals is 25 PO# (IF REQUIRED) PHONE ITEM SPANISH PARTICIPANT JOURNALS QTY UNIT PRICE TOTAL A1S Getting Started (Primeros Pasos) x $2.70 = A2S Substance Using Behaviors x $2.70 = A9S Feelings (Sentimientos) x $2.70 = Family & Other Relationships A12S (Familia y Otras Relaciones) x $2.70 = Coping Skills A17S (Habilidades para afrontar los problemas) x $2.70 = ITEM FACILITATOR GUIDES QTY UNIT PRICE TOTAL FA1 Getting Started Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA2 Substance Using Behaviors F.G. x $15.00 = FA3 Denial Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA4 First Step Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA5 Steps to Spirituality F.G. x $15.00 = FA6 Looking Within Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA7 Into Action Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA8 Working Your Program Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA9 Feelings Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA10 Anger Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA11 Self-worth Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA12 Family & Other Relationships F.G. x $15.00 = FA13 Life Management Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA15 12-Step Guide to Relapse Prevention F.G. x $15.00 = FA17 Coping Skills Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA18 Successful Living... Co-occurring Dis. F.G. x $15.00 = FA19 The Power of Self-talk Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = FA20 Recovery Maintenance Facilitator Guide x $15.00 = CSF Complete Set of Facilitator Guides x $195.00 = ESF Employment Skills Facilitator Guide x $15.00 SUBTOTAL DOMESTIC S&H 7.5% (MIN. $7.50) TAX (CA, CO, IN, MO, NM, NV, TN, WA) TOTAL ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP EMAIL Packages will be shipped by ground services the same day your order is received. Check, Money Order Visa MasterCard American Express NAME/COMPANY ON CARD BILLING ADDRESS ON CARD CARD # EXP. DATE: CARD CODE: CALL, FAX OR MAIL ORDERS TO: Toll-free: 888-889-8866 Fax: 775-885-0643 5221 Sigstrom Drive Carson City, NV 89706 Ordering hours M-F, 6:30a-3:00p PT Fax orders accepted 24 hours a day version 5.0 changecompanies.net/products